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Olympus E-P1 on "sale" at WeX...
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spooky looked at this earlier and it read 598 
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Don't know if you're heart's set on this but from experience I'd say proceed with caution.
I loved the concept and form of the camera and thought it would be a perfect carry anywhere outfit. However, despite early signs being great, the camera drove me absolutely crazy primarily because of what seemed to be a completely random focussing system. This was compounded by the fact the focussing was also ridiculously slow.
This was a shame as, when it worked, image quality was great and had that superb Olympus colour rendition. I ended up selling the camera and have now bought the Panasonic GF1 with the 14-45 lens. This has an infinitely superior focussing system plus equally good image quality and a much better control system.
Current price is £90 more than the Olympus but worth every penny and may well drop soon.
If I'm misreading your post then sorry for the rant! If not then I really recommend testing the two cameras alongside each other before making a decision
I loved the concept and form of the camera and thought it would be a perfect carry anywhere outfit. However, despite early signs being great, the camera drove me absolutely crazy primarily because of what seemed to be a completely random focussing system. This was compounded by the fact the focussing was also ridiculously slow.
This was a shame as, when it worked, image quality was great and had that superb Olympus colour rendition. I ended up selling the camera and have now bought the Panasonic GF1 with the 14-45 lens. This has an infinitely superior focussing system plus equally good image quality and a much better control system.
Current price is £90 more than the Olympus but worth every penny and may well drop soon.
If I'm misreading your post then sorry for the rant! If not then I really recommend testing the two cameras alongside each other before making a decision
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Yes you are, but thank you for telling us about your experience with the EP-1 and the GF1; I've been looking at them both and you've helped put (yet)another tick in the GF1 box.
